What bottle and nipple would you recommend for me. I breastfeed almost exclusively but need to use the bottle when I go on business trips.

July 31st, 2006, 02:16 PM

Drea1599

Re: Which bottle/nipple do you recommend?

I have heard Dr. Browns has a newborn bottle that is supposed to similate a nipple. Gerer has a brand of nipples called NUK (they also have them in pacifiers) that are in the shape of a breastfeeding nipple and they fit on most bottles. I use them with my Playtex Ventaire bottles.

July 31st, 2006, 02:34 PM

jentut

Re: Which bottle/nipple do you recommend?

I highly recommend the Playtex wide NaturalLatch nipples. My son is 6.5 months and we still use the slow flow nipples. I like the bottles with the disposible liners. It seems to help reduce gas/burps.

July 31st, 2006, 06:03 PM

littlemama

Re: Which bottle/nipple do you recommend?

WE use Dr. Brown's.., we tried Avent as well, but DD had a hard time with those, I am smaller, so maybe the nipple was too big?

Megan

July 31st, 2006, 06:57 PM

britebow

Re: Which bottle/nipple do you recommend?

We also used Dr. Browns, for reasons stated above. My dd spits up profusely when we use Avent bottles, but some bf babies do fine with them.

Have you considered using a cup feeder or something that does not have a synthetic nipple?

We've used Playtex NaturaLatch w/ disposable liners and most recently started to use Playtex Ventaire NaturaLatch. They really work for us. My ds is currently bottle fed w/ breastmilk at least two to three feedings a day and hasn't had a problem with nipple confusion or gas pains.

Good luck! Sometimes it can take trying a couple of different ones before you find the right fit.

August 6th, 2006, 01:05 PM

Kirasmom

Re: Which bottle/nipple do you recommend?

I use Avent bottles with the slowest flow nipple they have and my DD has been fine with that. She only uses bottles 2 to 3 days per week as I only work part time and has not had any nipple confusion or issues, but I know some babies are very particular. Go with which one you like best after looking at them. From all I've read it seems there is no "best" bottle, its very individual. Good luck!

~June

August 8th, 2006, 09:23 PM

Ria

Re: Which bottle/nipple do you recommend?

Evenflow classic orthopedic worked out well, also the Parent's Choice /Nuby No Drip nipples are very nice (for older babies. he didn' have enough suction for them at 1st)

We use Playtex natural latch w/ the disposable liners. No nipple confusion, no upset stomach for us. It's kind of large, which was a little difficult for dd at first, but I guess that helped prevent her from rejecting the breast as "too difficult" and is directly related to encouraging proper latch.